GUEST: It was a vase that my mother acquired from a cousin. We used to go visit her, and when I was a little girl, I really always looked at it and said, "Geez, that's really nice. I wish I could have it someday." And sure enough, it got passed to my mother from this cousin. And then when my mother passed, I acquired it.
APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.
GUEST: And it's been in my home on a mantel for about 20 years.
APPRAISER: Did you love the flowers?
GUEST: I do. They're so pretty. I am a florist, so it just resonated with me.
APPRAISER: It's, um, Limoges, and we think of Limoges often as Limoges porcelain.
GUEST: Yup.
APPRAISER: Uh, but it's enamel work. It's made, um, the studio by, uh, Camille Fauré made in Limoges, France. It'll be in the 19, 1925, 1930.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: I think he started his life off as a house painter. He, he sort of segued into, uh, signs and enamel signs, and then opened a studio. This is very sort of naturalistic and free and has this great sort of surface to it.
GUEST: They're almost raised right off the surface.
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: The roses, the lilacs.
APPRAISER: So I think for, at, at auction, it would estimate it between $2,000 and $3,000.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: Um, if you were, you know, holding onto it and insuring it, I would think closer to $6,000.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: It's beautiful.
GUEST: Yeah. Thank you-- I appreciate it.
APPRAISER: Well, I'm glad you enjoy it.
GUEST: Ha! It's going back on the mantel.
(both laugh)
